A comparative study of breast-specific gamma imaging with the conventional imaging modality in breast cancer patients with dense breasts

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 823-829

  Kim, Bom Sahn ^a   Moon, Byung In ^a   Cha, Eun Sook ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast specific gamma imaging; Dense breasts; Mammography; Tumor size; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SPECIFIC GAMMA IMAGING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE DENSIFICATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874502213     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-012-0649-5     Document Type: Article

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